memorise

«memorise» in Mova's school dictionary: to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (memorise, memorises, memorised, memorising; US memorize)

meaning for a pupil

To memorise something is to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly without looking. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: memorise times tables, spellings, a poem or lines in a play. In church: memorise a Bible verse or prayer. It tells the reader someone learnt something by heart.

examples

• I memorised my seven times table. tree →
• We have to memorise a poem for the assembly. tree →
• She memorised her lines for the school play. tree →
• Try to memorise your home phone number. tree →
• He memorised the way to the park. tree →
• Children memorise the Lord's Prayer in Sunday school. tree →

note

UK -ise, US -ize; both correct. Phrase: «learn by heart» means the same. Memorising is not the same as understanding; good learners do both. In maths, memorising number facts (like 7 × 8 = 56) makes harder sums faster.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «memorise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.